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Thursday. May 21, 1959 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE 'V 7 i Read Galatians 5:13-26 If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble, then he » will be a vessel for noble use, consecrated and useful to the master of the house, ready for any good work. (11 Timothy 2:21) Most of us have taken the wrapper off a tin can and noticed the shiny brightness. When the can is placed out of doors in the weather for a few days, the shiny exterior becomes dull. Soon spots of rust appear. After a few months of exposure a hole can be put in the side of the can with the pressure of one’s finger. Rust has so eaten away the can that little is left of what was formerly a bright, shiny, and useful container. A person’s life is much the same. Exposure to the weather of life can corrupt and destroy a person unless care is taken to protect one’s honor and usefulness. A person who lives a careless life, risking all for sinful enjoyments, usually finds himself later with nothing but a useless shell of a life. Jesus said, “Lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.’’ FARMS AND FOLKS BrJ.ll.BMMr BOYS ARE THAT WAY I remember the stove man who came through the Stone Hills in the Dutch Fork every year or so when I was growing up there We all had the old black, cast Iron stoves to cook on. Some of these were far used, and handed down from one family to the ndxt. They had been mended by our handy blacksmith at the foot of the hill time and again. They smoked some, and the flame showed through their cracks. But awfully good foods were cooked on them. But the itinerant stove man intro duced us to a finer stove. Just about every housewife wanted one of his shiny new ones, with water tank on its side, but few could afford one.. He was a glib talker, this stove man was. He drove two good horses to a shiny vehicle, with hand brakes on it, and a closed body back of the seat like a pick-up of today has. His stoves had enamel parts in color. That really attracted the women, and brightened up the kitch en, that had been made dull by smoke from leaky and patched-up stoves. And with those stoves came “un breakable” pots, pans, and kettles. He would demonstrate this by throwing them against the chimney or a nearby rock. I think he was skilled in just how to throw them for a glancing lick, for he never broke nor dented one. And his dem onstration was impressive. The most wonderful thing about those stoves was the copper tank of about ten galloas for hot water on the side there by the firebox That was really a luxury! Of course, we had to draw several buckets of wa ter and fill it every day or so, or put some in every day, for it would burn out if it got empty. But in a home that had never known hot water except the sparse amount furished by the old black kettle, that hot water was really a treat. There „was so much of it, it stayed warm a long time, and had a warming ef fect on the kitchen. We kids always wanted our folks to get one of these stoves. But they never quite had the money at the right time. And, anyway, I’m sure it couldn’t have cooked things any better than our old Mack, patched- up one did C. B. Nelson Martin of Laurens; Mr*. Came Ann West and Miss Julia Nelson, both of Greenville: and two grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Sat urday at 11:00 a m by the Rev. Alvir^ B O'Shields and the Rev. Billy B Nelson. Burial was in the church ceiqetery. ■ Laurens — Clifton Burts Nelson, 63, of 105 Cummings street, died late Thursday afternoon at his home fol lowing several years of declining health. A native of Laurens County, he was the son of the late John K and Edna Fuller Nelson Most of his life time he worked as a farmer and textile employee. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lou- lee Nelson: one son, Fred C. Nelson, of Laurens; three brothers, Homer Nelson of Laurens; Ernest Nelson of Pelzer; and Arthur Nelson of Greenwood ;five sisters*'Mrs Edna Scott and Mrs Carlisle Culbertson, both of Greenwood; Mrs John C. ! i Dr. Felder Smith OPTOMETRIST Phone, 794 Laurens, S. C. WIN $100.00 PRIZE In the interest of bringing additional FARM INCOME into the county, we will offer a $100.00 prize to the Laurens County fanner who produces the largest yield of Soybeans for harvest on one acre of land. The contest will be judged by the County Agent and his assistants, and their decision will he final. Any farmer may enter the contest by signing up with the County Agent's office, OR with any Agricultural Teacher in the county. You do not have to use C-W-S Cuano to enter the contest. However, our office will be glad to advise you in any way concerning fer1ili«»tion or seed varieties. We will be able to supply you with recommended varieties of seed at reasonable price. C-W-S GUANO CO. CLINTON. S. C. PRAYER O Lord, help us to live useful lives, guided by the example and- spirit of Jesus, our Saviour. Help us to see beyond the present moment and focus upon values of eternal worth. Ulus may we live in Thy strength and to Thy glory. In the Master’s name. Amen. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Our lives can be either useful vessels, or empty and rusting. Donald StilweU (Indiana) World-Wide Bible Reading—John 6:1-21 LITTLE BOYS LEAGUE Whitmire and Joanna are setting a fast pace in the Little Boys base ball race. These teams are tied for first place through last week’s t games TTiey played each other last week and Whitmire won. Both of these ball clubs have lost only one game each. The Lions and the Moose are still ' tied for third place, while the Ex change and Kiwanis are tied for last place. Home runs are almost a dime a dozen. More have been hit So far this season of three weeks than any other time. A total of fifteen have been hit. Johnny Rushton of the Moose Club leads with three to his credit. Strand and Koon of Joanna, Morse of the Lions and Foster of the Moose have hit two each. Leading pitchers in strikeouts so far are Strand of Joanna, and T. 4 Alexander of Whitmire, with twenty seven each. Templeton of the Lions has eighteen and Rushton of the Moose, and Koon of Joanna, have seventeen each. BATTING AVERAGE (Through May 15) Player—Team AB H Avg. Strand (J) 17 9 528 Senn (J) . 18 - 9 500 Templeton (L) 15 7 487 Whitsel (J) 13 6 487 Wisher (K) 11 5 456 Foster (M) 18 8 444 Wingard (L) 14 6 429 Graham (W) 21 8 421 Koon (J) 17 7 412 Ramsey (W) ... 26 8 400 Rushton (M > 18 7 389 D. Rhodes (L) 13 5 385 T Alexander (W) 21 8 381 Rushton (J) 19 7 368 Morse (L) 14 5 357 Estes (E) 14 5 357 Norris (L) 17 6 353 Walker (W) .... 19 6 316 Laney (M> 16 5 .313 LITTLE BOYS STANDINGS Team W L Whitmire 5 1 Joanna 5 1 Lions • 3 3 Moose 3 3 Kiwanis 1 5 Exchange 1 5 IJTTLK BOYS HOME RUNS Rushton (M)—3 Strand (J)—2 Koon (J)—$ Morse (L)—2 Foster (M)—2 o Cockrell (K)—J T. Lawson (E>—1 Walker (W>—1 Graham (W)—1 LEADING PITCHERS—LB Team SO Strand (J) 27 T. Alexader (W) 27 Templeton (L) 18 Koon (J) 17 Rushton (M ) 17 Dean (E) 14 PONY LEAGUE OPENS The Pony League started Thurs day of last week. Hampton Avenue defeated Whitmire in the opening game. Friday Thornwell defeated Joanna and Lydia defeated Bailey. Batting averages for the Pony League will be published next week. We will be delighted to have Coach Towards work with our young boys each morning at 10:00 a. m. as soon as school is out. So, if you didn’t make the Small Fry team or Little Boys team we will expect you out. Saturday morning about twenty boys met at the Little Boys park to organize another team The boys, 11 and 12 years old, will play a Whitmire team twice a week. The younger boys will play a younger group from Joanna in the mornings after school is out. The first group will play Whitmire in the afternoon. The Small Fry schedule will .start on Monday morning, May 25, which is next Monday. % The girls' softball teams are hav ing practice each day on the dia mond behind the armory A new backstop has been put up for the girls and Mrs. Marian Ramage is getting the girls into good shape for their league which opens up right after school is out. Our girts will have two different age groups These groups will be in leagues with Laurens, Watts, and Joanna. Russell Cooper, president of the Recreation Commission, and D. S. Templeton, summer director, at tended a Little Boys Baseball and Pony League meeting in Columbia Friday. The state Little Boys Base ball tournament will be in North Charleston this summer in August. Clinton is in district two again this year with twelve teams in the dis trict. A meeting wil be held in Clin ton the first of June to determine where and when our district tour nament will be held. Templeton was appointed Little Boys baseball chair man of district two at the Columbia meeting The Recreation Commission wants to thank Dr. M A. Macdonald, pres ident of Thornwell Orphanage, for the bleachers he loaned so that the spectators will have a place to sit at the Pony and Little Boys’ games. IF YOU DONT READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS Phone 74 « s This Spring ... Let Us Give Your Home A NEW LOOK! 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